department No. 3. February 1976 - The deputy manager of the vehicle development department No. 3. January 1979 - The chief vehicle coordinator of the product developmentment office. January 1980 - The senior manager and the chief vehicle coordinator of the product developmentment office. February 1984 - The senior manager of the vehicle developmentment control department, the product developmentment office. January 1986 - The senior manager of the technical vehicle design department. October 1986 - The president of the Autech. April 1989 - The part-time instructor of the Osaka Sangyo University. December 1994 - The president of the S&S Engineering. October 1995 - The part-time instructor of the Tokai University. May 2005 - Inducted to the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame. August 2006 - The chairman of the S&S Holdings. October 2008 - The chairman of the Lenz Environmental Resources. July 2010 - The chairman of the S&S Engineering. January 17, 2011 - Died in Setagaya, Tokyo. Death Shinichiro Sakurai died of heart failure on January 17, 2011. See also Prince R380 Nissan R381 Nissan R382 Nissan R383 Nissan Laurel C31 Nissan Leopard F30 Nissan MID4 Autech Zagato Stelvio (Japanese Wikipedia) References External links Shin'ichiro Sakurai - Nissan Legends 04 (nissan-global.com) Start of the Skyline Legend (nissan-global.com) 1929 births 2011 deaths Japanese automotive engineers Nissan people People from Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama National University alumni Academic staff of Tokai University